Levent Yilmaz

Ph.D. Virginia Tech 

              

Associate Professor, Computer Science & Software Engineering

Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering 

College of Engineering

Auburn University

Phone: (334) 844-6343

Fax: (334) 844-6329

Email: yilmaz@auburn.edu 

 

 

I am a faculty member of Computer Science and Software Engineering and Industrial & Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at Auburn University.  I received my Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Tech. I am a member of ACM, IEEE Computer Society, Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS - http://www.scs.org), and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.

 

Research Interests

 

My research interests are in Modeling and Computer Simulation, Agent-directed Simulation, and Complex Adaptive Systems. I often find myself focusing on problems involving

  • advancement of the theory and methodology of modeling and computer simulation via novel  formalisms --- generative parallax multisimulation, autonomic introspective simulation --- and their use as computational tools and models to support and enhance creative intelligent systems, scientific discovery and theory formation, and decision support systems engineering,

  • explorations in socio-technical, cognitive, cultural systems ---  systems models of collective creativity, dynamics of open science, innovation, and collaborative knowledge creation, simulation of scientific discovery processes, social simulation of projects, organizations, communities, and processes.

  • science of design and design education.

Quote -  "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."  - E. W. Dijkstra

 
Selected Professional Activities

  • Editor-in-Chief of the Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (2008 - present).

  • Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling  (2004 - present).

  • Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Engineering Education  (2006 - present).

  • Editorial Board Member of the Simulation & Gaming Journal (2008 - present).

  • Member of SCS Board of Directors (2006 - 2008 biennium)

  • General Chair (with Osman Balci, Maarten Sierhuis, and Xiaolin Hu) of the 2009 Summer Computer Simulation Conference

  • General co-chair (with Greg Madey, Maarten Sierhuis, Tuncer Oren, and Yu Zhang) of the annual Agent-directed Simulation Symposium series.

  • Member of the International Program Committees of SCSC'05-06, CMS'05, MSO'05-06, IADIS'05, DEVS'06, MSV'06, AIS-CMS'07, WMSCI'07, ASIAMS'07, ECM_MAI'07, ESAS'07,  MSV'07, PLAC'07,WMSCI'08, CIS'08, SW'08, and others.

Selected Publications

 

Yilmaz L. and T. Oren (Eds.) (2009). Agent-Directed Simulation and Systems Engineering, Wiley (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering) ---  forthcoming.

 

  • Bradley Mitchell and Levent Yilmaz (2008) "Symbiotic Adaptive Multisimulation: An Autonomic Simulation Framework for Real-time Decision Support under Uncertainty", ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, vol.19, no.1, December 2008.

  • Levent Yilmaz and Tuncer Oren (2009). "Rethinking M&S to Enhance Creativity and Computational Discovery," to appear in Proceedings of the 2009 Summer Computer Simulation Conference. July 13-16. Istanbul, Turkey

  • Levent Yilmaz, Paul Davis, Paul A. Fishwick, Xiaolin Hu, John A. Miller, Maria Hybinette, Tuncer I. Oren, Paul Reynolds, Hessam Sarjoughian, and Andreas Tolk (2008). "What Makes Good Research in Modeling and Simulation (M&S): Sustaining the Growth and Vitality of the M&S Discipline," In Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/ACM Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 671-676.

  • Bernard Zeigler, Alex Muzy, and Levent Yilmaz (2008). "Artificial Intelligence in Modeling and Simulation" In Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, Editor-in-Chief, Robert A. Meyers, Springer, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.

  • Phillips J. and L. Yilmaz L.(2007). "Team-RUP: Agent-based Simulation of Team Behavior in Software Development Organizations," International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 170-179.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2007). "A Strategy for Improving Dynamic Composability: Ontology-driven Introspective Agent Architectures," Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 1-9.

  • Levent Yilmaz and Jared Phillips (2007). "The Impact of Turbulence on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Software Development Teams in Small Organizations," Software Process: Improvement and Practice Journal, vol 12., no.3, pp. 247-265. May/June 2007.

  • Levent Yilmaz, Alvin Lim, Simon Bowen, and  Tuncer Oren (2007). "Requirements and Design Principles for Multisimulation with Multiresolution, Multistage Models," in Proceedings of the 2007 ACM/IEEE Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 823-832.

  • Levent Yilmaz and  Tuncer Oren (2006). "Simulation-Based Problem Solving Environments for Conflict Studies," Simulation & Gaming Journal. vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 534-556.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2004) "On the Need for Contextualized Introspective Simulation Models to Improve Reuse and Composability of Defense Simulations", Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp 135-145, 2004.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2004) "Verifying Collaborative Behavior in Component-Based DEVS Models", Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. Special Issue: Component-Based Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 80, No. 7, pp 399-415, Jul. 2004.

  • Tuncer Oren and Levent Yilmaz (2004). "Behavioral Anticipation in Agent Simulation", Proceedings of IEEE/ACM WSC 2004 - Winter Simulation Conference, pp 801-806, Dec. 2004.
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